Longest Flight

S75752 · Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:43 pm

Mine is SFO-FRA on a UA 744, ~11 Hours. Miserable flight.

Quoting ab486 (Reply 17):
plus having good entertainment (either AVOD or personally owned), these long flights often go by pretty quickly.

This right here is why AVOD and/or fully available power for personal devices is an absolute necessity on long haul. With how terrible the seats are getting, sleep will be harder and harder anyways. And a book... Well, I enjoy reading. But not when there's some other person right next to me and I'm stuck in a loud tube with the only place to put a book to read from is the tray table to bend my head and slouch forward to read from, with the inevitably nasty glare from the person next to me whom was trying to sleep but blames me for his inability to sleep despite him probably not being able to sleep due to the seat anyways, and of course lack of amenity kit with eye shades on such an airline also makes it worse.

Quoting LPDAL (Reply 28):
Plus we had to stop in Dakar, Senegal for fuel which more or less added three hours travel time each way.

Did you have to deplane during that? I'm quite curious to see a report that has that detail...

Quoting ThrottleHold (Reply 35):
SYD-SWF.
9936nm.
19h 35m.

Wow! Did you do a report on it?

SRQKEF · Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:58 pm

Air Canada flight AC1 from Toronto to Tokyo (Narita) which is 5568 nm and took 12:58 hours. I personally don't mind those long flights, actually I like tuning out of everything for a few hours.

Regards!
Sveinn

ZKCIF · Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:33 pm

LHR-SIN on G-BNLN and VH-OQE
MAD-SCL

the longest sequence of flights was
(Vaisala, Savai'i, Samoa - 2 hours by jeep across the island, 2 hours to Upolu by ferry, 20 minutes by taxivan to APW)
APW-AKL on NZ (763)
AKL-SYD on QF (738)
SYD-BKK-LHR on QF (744)
LHR-FRA on LH (321)
FRA-VNO on LH (735)
(7 minutes by train to the central railway station and 1h40min by bus home to Kaunas)

62 hours in total, and my 6-year-old son did not complain any single time

masgniw · Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:42 pm

IAD-JNB in 2009 with SAA on an A346, a few weeks before the non-stop was discontinued.
12,813 km
17 hrs

Also, ORD-PEK with Hainan Airlines on a B788.
13:35 hrs

The flight to JNB just crushed my mind and body. My brain was sore, my muscles ached, and my head was still in the clouds. While it was only a few hours longer than the PEK flight, I landed in PEK in significantly better shape. This is my personal testament to the benefits of flying the 787.

MH017 · Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:00 pm

DOH-IAH on a QR 77L.

airtime was 15 hours and 22 minutes.

date: 17may2009.

bgm · Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:14 pm

Quoting frostyj (Thread starter):
I don't think I could cope over 10 hours

Quoting frostyj (Reply 5):
After the five hour mark I usually get very restless

Quoting frostyj (Reply 11):
4 hours of atlantic is enough ocean for me.

Quoting frostyj (Reply 16):
Seriously I can't cope with anything longer than 7 hours its too much

Quoting frostyj (Reply 21):
I'm not saying I couldn't do 10 hours just that i'd get bored like hell.

I could be wrong, but I'm getting the impression that you're not a fan of long haul flights.

jumpjets · Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:49 pm

My top three:

LHR - SIN SQ A380 6,760m
MAD - SCL LA B788 6,660m
LHR - KUL MH B744 6,550m

ACDC8 · Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:38 pm

YVR-FRA at 5025 miles for me. Nothing to extreme. I have been on shorter flights that sure did seem longer though LOL

DocLightning · Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:58 am

#1 was SFO-SYD for me in 2008

#2 was DTW-OSA back in 1992 on a NW 744.

#3 was SFO-CDG this last summer.

This makes a point, however. People on this site talk about how longer range makes airplanes better, but once you are over 15h in duration...airlines don't operate flights that long.

I have stood on all seven continents (yes, even that one) and SFO-SYD is the longest flight I've ever taken and it's not even 7,000nmi on the great circle.

So tell me again why airlines need OEMs to build airplanes with 8,000nmi+ effective range?

EL-AL · Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:54 am

TLV-YYZ on LY 762ER, 12 hours 20 minutes.

aerdingus · Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:56 pm

DUB - LHR - HKG.

5,991 miles on a BA 747. Me arse was killing me after 11 hrs

readytotaxi · Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:13 pm

At the age of 62yrs and after some 30yrs of flying I have found that my body can now only take a max of 9-10hrs in a metal tube, be it Club or First.Last time I flew Y I was 21, and I hold my hat off to people who can do that!
I now plan my trips with the break in which ever country is on route to my final destination, as I feel that the journey is half the fun of getting there,experience more on the way and you will be better for it.

[Edited 2015-04-12 12:23:39]

B747forever · Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:41 pm

Quoting readytotaxi (Reply 61):
Last time I flew Y I was 21, and I hold my hat off to people who can do that!

About 2 months ago I did ARN-ORD-AUH 2 nights in AUH, before returning AUH-ORD-CPH-ARN all in Y. Thinking about it afterwards I dont know how I managed that.

ZKCIF · Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:43 pm

Quoting B747forever (Reply 62):
bout 2 months ago I did ARN-ORD-AUH 2 nights in AUH, before returning AUH-ORD-CPH-ARN all in Y. Thinking about it afterwards I dont know how I managed that.

Was that the cheapest option???

threeifbyair · Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:56 pm

My top 3 are all very similar in distance:

1. DTW-CDG: 3962mi, AF A343
2. LHR-ORD: 3953mi, AA B772
3. CDG-PIT: 3910mi, DL B752 (in Economy Comfort, empty middle seat. Felt like F.)

For domestic US, it is:

1. HNL-SEA: 2677mi
2. MCO-SEA: 2554mi
3. BOS-SEA: 2496mi

I do BOS-SEA often. Westbound it drags on and on.

B747forever · Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:59 pm

Quoting ZKCIF (Reply 63):
Was that the cheapest option???

No, the plan was to just visit Chicago for 4 nights at the end of February on an SK award ticket. Then the EY mistake fare came up ($300 ORD-AUH-ORD), and as I had already been to Chicago before I jumped on that.

surfpunk · Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:51 am

My longest non-stop was ANC-DNA (and the reverse route a couple years later) on an FT 742. 4389mi
Second longest was ORD-ORY on an AA 762. 4156mi
Third longest would be CRK-NKW on an HA DC8-Combi. 3645mi. Made the reverse route on this as well, but in a USAF C-142.

That FT flight was a pain, as it was an all-coach config for military charters. Probably 550 pax on that flight. The NKW-CRK route in the C-142 was worse, as is was bench seating along the inside of the fuselage, and was rather cold in back.

Quoting threeifbyair (Reply 64):
For domestic US, it is:

1. HNL-SEA: 2677mi
2. MCO-SEA: 2554mi
3. BOS-SEA: 2496mi

Interesting, didn't even think of domestic. The longest domestic legs I've been on are LAX-ANC (first leg of the FT flight I posted earlier) at 2345mi, and ATL-SFO on a Delta L1011 (don't remember if it was a -250 or a -500) (2139mi).

sierra3tango · Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:13 pm

About nine months ago had to inspect 2 vessels in a hurry, one in North Borneo and the other in
Gothenburg, starting from DXB

We flew DXB/BAH/DOH/SIN/KUL/BKI/SDK/BKI/SIN/DOH/FRA/GOT/IST/DXB - 14 sectors in 9 days
Didn't know which way was up on arrival back in DXB

Not one of them overly long, never bothered to calculate the distance as its more like something
you want to forget !

xaapb · Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:10 pm

Longest flight was AMS to MEX 11 hours 50 minutes on December 2013 on board "Nairobi" PH-BFN. Getting to Europe was done also on KLM on PH-BFV "Vancouver" on November 2013. Luck enough to fly a Combi 747 and a full pax 747 on the same journey.

Greetings

MrHMSH · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:21 pm

An abnormally long SIN-LHR sector. The flight can be as short as 11h30ms, or as long as 14h45ms (Yikes!).

SJOtoLIR · Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:07 am

April 2011
UA EWR-PEK
Distance: 5936nm
Airborne: 13 hours

Greetings from Costa Rica.

flyinggoat · Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:30 am

15:45 from LAX to HKG on a CX 77W. I slept for about an hour, but it wasn't bad at all.

UltimateDelta · Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:58 am

Longest for me was DFW-FRA on an American 767 at 5,143 statute miles (9.5 hours eastbound, 11.5 westbound). Going east, it was a nice, new plane that had only been delivered a few days prior, so that made it pretty pleasant.

388crazy · Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:37 am

My Longest non stop is AKL-SFO 6,516 miles (10,487km) on NZ 777-200ER (ZK-OKB) but I have flown MEL-KUL-DXB without getting off the aircraft which was 6,367 (11,855km) on EK 777-300ER (A6-EBB)

ams747757 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:14 pm

Quoting aerdingus (Reply 60):
5,991 miles on a BA 747. Me arse was killing me after 11 hrs

Made my day! I see I'm not the only one who would appreciate a bit more padding on the seats!

frostyj · Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:10 pm

Why is that funny? Thats just the way Irish people talk

jkrugman22 · Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:15 pm

ATL-DXB (fortunately in J)

LTU932 · Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:33 am

My longest flight was LH MEX-FRA at 5165 nm or 9565 km. That was over 5 years ago.

CrimsonNL · Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:23 am

SIN-LHR at 13:45 flight time. It wouldn't have been so bad, had I not flown LHR-SIN at 12:30 hours just 5 hours earlier!

Martijn

readytotaxi · Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:32 pm

Quoting CrimsonNL (Reply 78):
SIN-LHR at 13:45 flight time. It wouldn't have been so bad, had I not flown LHR-SIN at 12:30 hours just 5 hours earlier!

Ouch ! Please tell me you did not do that in Y.

spacecadet · Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:08 pm

Longest in terms of distance is JFK-NRT, which I do once or twice per year. That's a flight time of 12:30 to 14:30 depending on direction.

I'm actually used to it, to the point that a 4-5 hour flight to me now feels "short". I flew back to JFK from LAS a couple months ago (took the train out there) and it felt like we were wheels up, then wheels down. I didn't even feel like I had time to finish a movie.

I guess I've learned to slow down when I'm traveling. Most people don't even realize how busy they are until they have some time cut off from the rest of the world. At first I fought that and tried to fill up all my time on board with work or other things, and if I ran out of things to do, I'd get antsy. But now I kind of just zone out for a while, watch movies when I feel like it, read a little bit, etc. I don't really get bored anymore. It actually feels like I have some space to think, which I usually don't.

I still find flying in general pretty unpleasant, but it's mostly for comfort reasons, not trip length. My favorite trips are multi-day train trips, but on the train you can walk around, you have all the legroom you could want, etc. The one time I flew business class JFK-NRT was pretty fantastic and I actually didn't want to land.

possum79 · Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:32 pm

13h54 / 12,057km SYD-DXB on EK A388 in Y, then J on the way back. Needless to say, the return leg felt somewhat shorter!

AmricanShamrok · Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:24 pm

My longest flight to date is SIN-LHR (flight SQ306, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER) with a flight time of 13 hours, 58 minutes. I was dreading it, expecially sitting in seat 56K, the very last row of the aircraft with a seat that wouldn't recline fully. But it actually wasn't that bad; I slept for a few hours and by the time I'd eaten and watched a movie, before I knew it there was only two hours left of the flight with no idea where the previous 12 hours had gone.

YVRLTN · Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:24 am

LHR - NRT return for me, NH 744.

The TS 332's YVR - LGW seem pretty long, though its not as bad as people make out. Its 10 hours and half of it is across Canada, makes you realize how huge Canada is.

csturdiv · Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:36 am

Quoting frostyj (Thread starter):
What would be the longest flight you have flown on? I know we have lots of these threads but those were quite a while ago.

SYD-DFW in Nov 2013, that was brutal

DocLightning · Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:38 pm

Quoting csturdiv (Reply 84):
SYD-DFW in Nov 2013, that was brutal

It's amazing how awful it gets after ten or so hours, isn't it?

I remember noting that even if I slept 8 hours on SFO-SYD, I'd still have another seven hours to kill. Fortunately, with the help of some meds, I slept for ten. It was awesome; like supersonic travel except I arrived rested.

On the way back, I had lost my meds and the man two seats over had a cough. I was awake the Whole. Damned. Flight. And mind you, I was a healthy 30yo competitive swimmer. It was awful.

nra-3b · Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:11 pm

My longest flight was last November, AUH-LAX, 8,390 miles. Flying time was 15:45 or thereabouts. Etihad 777-237LR A6-LRE.
Cheers,
Bob

gabrielchew · Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:43 pm

My top 6 longest (duration) flights are:

1. LAX-CAN CZ A380 Business 7231 miles, 14h26m
2. SIN-LHR SQ A380 Economy 6765 miles, 13h29m
(3. SIN-LHR BA B77W Economy 6765 miles, 13h20m)
4. FRA-EZE LH 744 First 7132 miles, 13h17m
5. CAN-LHR CZ A330 Business 5911 miles, 12h40m (I flew this same sector a few weeks later, and the flight time was just 11h18)
6. HKG-LHR NZ B772 Premium Economy 5994 miles, 12h32m

Long flights are fine, as long as you are well prepared. Long flights in F are just a pleasure! My #1 flight LAX-CAN was so comfortable. I was actually offered an upgrade to F, but preferred my cosy pod in J. #4 FRA-EZE in F was perfect. A long leisurely dinner, a full 9 hour sleep on a proper bed, then a tasty breakfast.

[Edited 2015-04-23 14:44:29]

hinckley · Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:20 am

So this post made me think about how much long-haul I've done. Looking at individual flights, if I draw a line at 4000 miles, which would exclude all of my Americas travel and all but one TATL trip, I end up with the following (all in J or above thankfully):

EWR SIN SQ A345 9534 mi
HKG JFK CX B77W 8072 mi
SYD LAX UA B744 7488 mi
ICN JFK KE B77W 6906 mi
TPE LAX BR B77W 6799 mi
LHR SIN QF A388 6765 mi
DTW ICN DL B77E 6636 mi
LHR KUL MH A388 6593 mi
TPE SFO BR B74E 6469 mi
YVR HKG CP B744 6392 mi
AMS CPT KL B77E 5998 mi
JNB CDG AF B744 5410 mi
PEK YVR CP B763 5291 mi
ZRH JNB SR M11 5211 mi
MEL HKG CX A333 4590 mi
HNL AKL UA B742 4389 mi
BOS FCO AZ A332 4093 mi

My longest individual trip was MEL-HKG-JFK-BOS at 12849 mi.

[Edited 2015-04-24 19:38:24]

[Edited 2015-04-24 19:39:39]

csturdiv · Sat Apr 25, 2015 12:14 pm

Quoting DocLightning (Reply 85):
It's amazing how awful it gets after ten or so hours, isn't it?

I remember noting that even if I slept 8 hours on SFO-SYD, I'd still have another seven hours to kill. Fortunately, with the help of some meds, I slept for ten. It was awesome; like supersonic travel except I arrived rested.

On the way back, I had lost my meds and the man two seats over had a cough. I was awake the Whole. Damned. Flight. And mind you, I was a healthy 30yo competitive swimmer. It was awful.

I couldn't sleep at all, so I was awake for the whole thing and got very familiar with the IFE. Was so glad to land in DFW and didn't mind the long walk to get my AA flight to ORD. When I moved to SYD last September, I flew LAX-SYD and I got some better drugs that helped me sleep. Landed in SYD on early Monday morning and when my company picked me up and took me straight to the office, that little amount of sleep helped me survive the day.

neutrino · Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:43 pm

BKK-LAX-BKK on Thai A345s were my two longest flights.

TR763 · Mon May 04, 2015 4:47 pm

Top 5:

Korean Air LAX-GRU B77W 6,170mi.

Alitalia FCO-GRU B772 5,869mi.

Air France GRU-CDG B77W/772 5,850mi.

United GRU-ORD B772/763 5,243mi.

Iberia GRU-MAD A343 5,211mi

QANTAS077 · Sun May 10, 2015 8:36 pm

LAX-MEL on the 744ER. Just over 16hrs, absolutely horrendous flight and took a few weeks to recover. All the trans-pac I've done have been USA to Australia and varied between 14 & 16hrs.

SFO-DXB 77W, 15hr 55min...up over the North Pole and down into Russia and on to DXB.

wn676 · Wed May 13, 2015 5:17 pm

SYD-LAX on a QF A380 and with a very bad sinus infection. Along with being my longest flight, it was also definitely the worst; none of the sleep aids I'd picked up just before the flight had any lasting effect, and I woke up just about every hour expecting to be further into the flight than we really were.

[Edited 2015-05-13 10:19:56]

WildcatYXU · Wed May 13, 2015 9:23 pm

YYZ - NRT, 5574 nm, or 6415 sm or 10323 km

Flown YYZ - NRT twice, NRT - YYZ three times.

AA757MIA · Thu May 14, 2015 3:28 am

Quoting TWA772LR (Reply 1):
SYD-LAX.

LAX-SYD-LAX

747m8te · Thu May 14, 2015 11:11 am

All my longest flights have been from Australia to/from the USA across the Pacific:

By Distance:
SYD-DFW on a Qantas 747-400ER (13,805km)

By Time:
DFW-BNE on a Qantas 747-400ER (16 hours)

Other contenders on the list that I have flown several times are BNE-LAX/LAX-BNE on Qantas 747-400/ERs (11,531km each way, around 13hrs east bound, 14hrs west bound)

I like the longer flights personally, I find I can get my body adjusted better to the time changes thanks to being able to time the sleep better during the flight thanks to its length....Plus I just love being onboard 747s I don't want to get off them!

frostyj · Thu May 14, 2015 12:11 pm

Quoting 747m8te (Reply 96):

Yep, i've always said I would find myself getting over jet lag easier to Australia than the East coast.

CO764 · Sun May 17, 2015 8:54 pm

My four (recorded) 10h+ flights are as follows:

1) 16th of April 2014
Air China CA990
New York JFK - Beijing PEK
Boeing 777-300ER
13h28min, 6829 miles

2) 26th of April 2014
Air China CA833
Shanghai PVG - Paris CDG
Airbus A330-200
11h38min, 5764 miles

3) 27th of December 2010
Continental Airlines CO33
Paris CDG - Houston IAH
Boeing 767-400ER
10h18min, 5021 miles

4) 2nd of November 2010
American Airlines AA956
Buenos Aires EZE - New York JFK
Boeing 777-200ER
10h07min, 5309 miles

All in economy but I loved every single one of them, and I'm 6'5!

CO764

RyanairGuru · Sun May 17, 2015 11:27 pm

For me it should have been DFW-BNE, but we diverted to AKL. It is therefore LAX-MEL

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